Has the water started boiling on us?

If a frog is put in a boiling water, he quickly jumps off and saves himself. But when the same frog is put in a cold water and then heated slowly, he doesn't understand a thing and eventually boils to death.

Has the water started boiling on us? Last year it was chikun-guniya and this year it's the swine flu. Last year, it was the flood during the monsoon which killed hundreds and this year it's the lack of monsoon. Slowly but surely, the climate around us is changing and not for good.

I am not an expert on any of these things but I don't have to be one to realize how its going to affect our life going ahead. I do not want to live in a world where everybody has to wear a mask to go out of their homes. The world is far better place to pass on this fear as a legacy to our younger ones !!

Recently I saw a three year old child wearing a mask in a garden which actually forced me into writing this. Not trying to make any statement by writing all this but just trying to let it out in open. Isn't it completely shattering to see something like this?.

All this uncomfortable feeling may be completely out of the line and world may still be a good enough place for us to survive but I can no longer go on living like everything is all hunky dorey and these are nothing but minor bumps in our otherwise pretty journey.

For what it is worth, I refuse to accept this as a living condition for us. And I certainly don't want to shrug off by saying I am a huge insignificant to change any of these damn things ! If this whole thing needs a make over, I am ready to begin with small steps. If there is something being done to improve this, I am ready to join the force as a pawn. I've got my reality check alert !

What a pleasant surprise!!!

This happened to me few days back on a weekend. I had all weekend to myself and since I am not big on doing something productive in the free time, I was watching movies on my computer back to back.

I happened to watch a movie called "before sunrise". I really really liked it and I knew this one had a sequel called "before sunset" so I was pretty keen to know what that movie could offer me. I tried to find the movie online but couldn't. Then I tried to see if could rent it but failed that as well. Basically after trying all the options, I finally gave up.

After about ten minutes of browsing net, I just switched on the TV just to see what was going on there. As soon as I switched it on, it was some movie channel and a new movie was about to begin. I thought what the heck ! so didn't change the channel. After 5 seconds, the title appeared and guess what it was ! Before Sunset was on air. Don't believe it ?? ... neither did I. But this is what happened exactly without any exaggeration. Try to imagine it and you will realize how I felt :)

Well, I don't have to tell what happened next. I watched the movie and again really really liked it. I know this doesn't mean much. But it is good to get such pleasant surprises occasionally ! This little but amazing coincidence made my weekend :)